Chapter 184 – Rescue

　　For Lin Qiye and the others, this landslide was just a minor hiccup on the way forward, the raging natural disaster couldn’t stop them, they quickly adjusted their state and ran forward according to their original traveling route.

　　Little by little, time passed, and they were getting closer and closer to the location of village #1.

　　Muddy stains stained the surface of the military coat, mixing with the black color, the long boots again and again plunged into the soft mud, pulling out with force, the shoes had long been mixed with the rotten mud and leaves of the jungle, unspeakably difficult.

　　Cold, hunger, fatigue, pain …… all kinds of negative feelings shrouded in their hearts, but no one opened his mouth to shout tired.

　　After this year of refining, they had long been accustomed to it.

　　They were no longer ordinary people before entering the intensive training camp, now, they were soldiers who were about to be sworn in as night watchmen!

　　The walkie-talkie on Instructor Hong’s waist rang, and he reached out and pulled it out, saying something to the other side of the walkie-talkie as he ran forward.

　　After a long time, his brows furrowed.

　　”Instructor Hong, what happened?” Lin Qiye keenly noticed Instructor Hong’s change in demeanor and opened his mouth to ask.

　　Instructor Hong was silent for a moment and spoke somewhat hoarsely, “The chief is missing.”

　　”Disappeared?” Baili Chubby froze.

　　”Disappeared eight hours ago, the last ones to see him were the two instructors who stayed at the temporary command point, they originally thought that the chief had gone to a certain village to help with the rescue, but after asking every village they didn’t see him.”

　　”So they came to ask if we’d seen him too?”

　　”That’s right, but we haven’t gotten to village #1 yet and don’t know the situation.” Instructor Hong thought for a moment, “But with the Chief’s speed, if he really went to Village #1, he probably wouldn’t even need two hours, so maybe he would have already arrived by now.”

　　”Then how far are we from village #1?” Lin Qiye asked.

　　Instructor Hong thought for a moment, comparing the map recorded earlier in his mind, and spoke, “At this speed, there’s about half an hour left, but we’ve been running continuously for so long, do you guys want to take a break?”

　　”Almost there.” The sweaty Baili Fatty gritted his teeth, “No rest! Rush over in one breath!”

　　The others did not have an opinion, so the crowd increased their speed again and sped towards the direction of village number 1.

　　Soon, the surrounding trees gradually thinned out, and the field of vision became more and more open, and in the distance, a village buried by mudslides vaguely emerged as a corner of the wreckage.

　　The nine people stopped before the ruins, panting violently, sweat mixed with rainwater dripping onto the ground, the lapels under their military coats were all wet.

　　”The Chief didn’t come here.” Instructor Hong’s gaze swept over the ruins, frowning as he spoke, “He really is missing ……”

　　”The Chief is a ‘Sea’ realm powerhouse, there shouldn’t be any accidents, maybe he just left early for something.” Teng Wei said with some uncertainty.

　　Instructor Hong didn’t answer, what kind of person Yuan Gang was, perhaps these recruits didn’t know too much about it, but they, the instructors, knew very well in their hearts that in this kind of situation, there was absolutely no way that Yuan Gang would abandon them, who were still in the midst of the rescue, and run away without saying a word to do something else.

　　There must have been some kind of accident that they didn t know ……

　　Instructor Hong took a deep breath, “Ignore it for now, saving people is important, spread out the rescue according to the original division of labor, everyone bring their respective weapons, if you find anything wrong, immediately call out for someone!”

　　”Yes!”

　　The remaining eight people scattered in all directions, Lin Qiye was responsible for searching for the exact location of the victims with his abilities, Shen Qingzhu, Mo Li, Baili Chubby, Deng Wei, Li Jia, Li Liang and Instructor Hong were the seven people responsible for digging and rescuing, and Wen Qingqing was responsible for treating the injured.

　　Lin Qiye’s figure quickly wandered through the village full of broken walls, whenever he detected a survivor, he would use his Star Blade to carve a “ten” into the soil or wall.

　　With the use of the Forbidden Ruins completely released, the rescue speed of the other people was also incredibly fast, one after another survivor was rescued by them, and then sent to one of the dilapidated houses that were barely sheltered from the rain, to be treated by Wen Qingqing.

　　The No.1 village in the valley is not very large, and the number of people living there is much smaller than in other villages. After all, in this era, there are too few people who are still willing to live in the mountains, and most of them are the old people who stayed at home, and a few young people who have grown up here for generations, and are not willing to leave.

　　Coupled with the fact that Rescue Squad #1’s rescue unfolded very quickly, in less than half an hour, they had already rescued all the survivors.

　　”Rescue Squad #1 reports that the rescue operation has ended, there are a total of 17 survivors in Village #1 who have received initial treatment and are waiting for the follow-up rescue force.”

　　Instructor Hong used his walkie-talkie to report the situation to the temporary command, and soon received confirmation from the command.

　　”The rescue team will probably not arrive for another day, until then, we have to stand guard here and protect the injured.” Instructor Hong turned his head and said to the group of people who were leaning against the broken wall to rest.

　　”What about when the rescue team arrives? Do we go down the mountain with them?” Chubby Baili asked.

　　Instructor Hong shook his head, “No, when they are about to arrive soon, we’ll go down the mountain on our own to avoid meeting them head on.”

　　The crowd nodded, their hearts suddenly clear.

　　They were originally a team that carried out an early rescue before the regular search and rescue team came, and were affiliated with the Nightwatchman Organization, which meant that in the eyes of the regular rescue team, they were originally a non-existent rescue team.

　　If they met up with the regular rescue team at that time, it would instead easily cause some trouble.

　　Nine figures clad in black military coats leaned against the wall, the short broken wall above their heads helped them block some of the wind and rain, but there were still drifting raindrops that fell on their bodies and slowly slid to the ground.

　　Baili Chubby drooped his head and shook it gently, a pair of eyes were ready to close at any time as if they were sucked by a magnet, while on the other side of the room, Li Jia Deng Wei and the few others, had long since entered the land of dreams.

　　They were too tired.

　　Nine hours of running in an extreme environment, without a single rest in between, and then starting to desperately rescue them when they came, had almost drained every ounce of their strength, knowing that the average age of these eight new recruits was only 20 years old.

　　Molly looked up at the rain sliding down in the sky, slightly lost in thought, suddenly, a head suddenly hit her shoulder, she subconsciously prepared to avoid it, but seeing the tired and resolute face under the military cap, she stopped her body again.

　　Baili Chubby was asleep.

　　He slept heavily, so heavily that his body fell onto Moli’s shoulder, all unaware of it.

　　Mo Li looked at his face in a daze, and after a moment of being torn in her heart, she still didn’t choose to push him away, but allowed him to lean on her body.

　　She pursed her lips and turned her head to continue looking at the continuous downpour, as if she had thought of something, a faint blush appeared on her face.

　　In her sleep, the corners of Baili Chubby’s mouth rose slightly.